November 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM - CITY OF SEWARD

Discussion:  Mayor Eickmeier announced that a copy of the Agenda for this meeting is posted on the north wall of the Municipal Building and copies are available on the north wall where a copy of the Open Meetings Act is also posted for public inspection. He also noted that any citizen wishing to address the Council should come to the podium, state their name and address and limit their comments to five minutes. All remarks should be directed to the Mayor/Chairperson, who will then determine who will make any appropriate response. The City of Seward reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda if necessary and may elect to take action on any of the items listed.

Discussion:  Body repair in a business park district requires a special use permit according to the use matrix in the ULDO Use Matrix Attachment 1. TIF has been recommended by the Planning Commission and approved by City Council. Building permit is approved pending the sale of the property.

APPROXIMATE LAND AREA: 
43560 sqft/1 acre

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 
Lot 3, Block A, Replat of Blocks 2 and 3 Seward Rail Campus PUD Original Addition Final Plat and a Portion of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 29-T11N-R3E, City of Seward, Seward County, Nebraska.
 

Discussion:  The CRA did not take action on the Plan Amendment. They are forwarding to the the Planning Commission and to the City Council to conduct the public hearings. Action by the CRA on the Plan Amendment and the Plan Agreement will be considered at a future meeting.

Discussion:  The amendment to 410-31.5, Commercial Uses - Convenience Storage will allow the addition of convenience storage to the CBD (Central Business District) as a permitted zoning district. It will define an additional requirement that "enclosed storage units must be contained within an enclosed building structure".
The City of Seward Use Matrix 410 Attachment 1 will be changed to reflect the Central Business District (CBD) as a permitted zoning district for Commercial Uses, Convenience Storage.
Convenience storage is defined as:
Convenience storage: storage services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed storage areas having individual access, but excluding use of such areas as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity. Typical uses include mini-warehousing.
 

Discussion:  This amendment change is based on a recommendation by the State of Nebraska Department of Natural Resources to correspond with the current firmware flood maps. The attached version of the ordinance includes recommended changes from the Planning and Zoning Commission. This version will need to be adopted as amended. A one-sheet indicating the recommended changes is also attached.
 

Discussion:  The purpose of the amendment is to make arrangements for the City's use of certain automated metering equipment after NPPD is no longer using such equipment (Aclara).

Discussion:  The 2020-2021 approved budget includes the purchase of an electronic time and attendance software system that is compatible with the City's current payroll software. One of the items that needs to be addressed to move forward with the new software is to modify the current rules for compensatory time. While making this modification to the compensatory time section, the City is clarifying some other points that have come up since the last handbook edit. 

We would like to move forward with the installation of the new software now.  Administration is currently in the process of drafting a revision of the employee handbook in totality. As that draft is not fully prepared at this time, we are requesting this minor edit to the handbook by way of an amendment.

Discussion:  Following review and discussion, a motion to accept the City Administrator's report would be in order.